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Moving global goals for education from quantity to quality after 2015

  • Written by: The Conversation
imagePrayers at school in Kashmir. Education quality around the world is now under the spotlight.Jaipal Singh/EPA

After 15 years of pressure on governments to get increasing numbers of children through the doors of primary school, there is a rising shift in the corridors of global education: from quantity to quality. Discussions taking place at a...

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